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Stranger Holds Sleeping Baby So Mom Can Fill Out Forms

In less than a week, a photo capturing a random act of kindness has inspired more than a million people around the world. In the picture, a man cradles a sleeping baby while the child's mom sits next to them, filling out forms at the doctor's office.

The moment was captured by Natasha Wilson of Florence, Alabama. Wilson was in the waiting room when she saw a mom (later identified as Jade West) walk in with her sleeping baby. When the receptionist handed West paperwork to do, the mom was trying to figure out how to hold her baby and do the paperwork at the same time.

That's when a man (later identified as Joe Hale) asked West from across the room if she would like him to hold the baby while she filled out the forms.

"She smiled and said that would be wonderful!," Wilson wrote on the viral Facebook post. "This man went over there and rocked and loved on that baby like he was his!! My heart melted!!!"

We need more people like this man. Also the woman trusting a stranger to hold her baby. Both people deserve an award. The baby's future is in our hands. Photo of Alabama man holding stranger's sleeping baby goes viral: 'Maybe there is hope for humanity' https://t.co/4x0qYxLOsL

Heartwarming Acts of Kindness

Nineteen-year-old hotel waitress Liu Wenxiu was walking in downtown Shenzen, China, when she saw a 16-year-old boy standing on a pedestrian bridge with a knife, threatening to jump. With police unable to get him to come down, Wenxiu, who says she has attempted suicide, herself, told authorities she was his girlfriend and went to talk to the boy.

"He told me he didn't have a home anymore, nobody cared about him and no one trusted him. I said nothing but showed him the scars on my right wrist. I used to be suicidal " Liu told a local news station. "He said he's hopeless, 'So don't waste your time to save me'. But I told him, 'I'm not saving your life, I just want you to realize how silly you are being. Look at me, I've been there and I'm now here,'" she said before unexpectedly kissing him, giving police time to bring him to safety. The pair exchanged numbers and the waitress with a life-saving kiss has stayed in touch with him.